Interior Minister Moshe Arbel revealed that the Population and Immigration Authority identified the terrorist who committed the stabbing attack in Tel Aviv this evening in real-time and sought to prevent his entry into Israel upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, and transferred him for questioning by security officials who decided to allow his entry into Israel.
"I call on Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar to investigate the serious incident and draw lessons from it as soon as possible," said Arbel.